Chief Meyers
John Tortes Meyers
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 194 lb.

Born: July 29, 1880 in Riverside, CA
High School: Riverside (Riverside, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1909
Final Game: October 4, 1917
Died: July 25, 1971 in San Bernardino, CA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1909 28 NYG NL 90 252 220 15 61 10 5 1 30 3 22 .277 .359 .382 .741 128 84 6 4 2
1910 29 NYG NL 127 422 365 25 104 18 0 1 62 5 40 18 .285 .362 .342 .704 106 125 4 13 *2
1911 30 NYG NL 133 439 391 48 130 18 9 1 61 7 25 33 .332 .392 .432 .824 127 169 13 10 *2 MVP-10
1912 31 NYG NL 126 435 371 60 133 16 5 6 54 8 47 20 .358 .441 .477 .918 147 177 8 9 *2 MVP-3
1913 32 NYG NL 120 428 378 37 118 18 5 3 47 7 37 22 .312 .387 .410 .797 127 155 9 4 *2 MVP-5
1914 33 NYG NL 134 428 381 33 109 13 5 1 55 4 34 25 .286 .357 .354 .711 114 135 8 5 *2
1915 34 NYG NL 110 323 289 24 67 10 5 1 26 4 4 26 18 .232 .311 .311 .622 93 90 7 1 2
1916 35 BRO NL 80 274 239 21 59 10 3 0 21 2 26 15 .247 .336 .314 .650 97 75 6 3 2
1917 36 TOT NL 72 225 200 13 45 7 4 0 7 4 17 11 .225 .292 .300 .592 82 60 2 6 2
1917 36 BRO NL 47 148 132 8 28 3 0 0 3 4 13 7 .212 .283 .235 .518 57 31 0 3 2
1917 36 BSN NL 25 77 68 5 17 4 4 0 4 0 4 4 .250 .311 .426 .737 131 29 2 3 2
9 Seasons 992 3226 2834 276 826 120 41 14 363 44 4 274 162 .291 .367 .378 .744 117 1070 63 55
162 Game Avg. 162 527 463 45 135 20 7 2 59 7 45 .291 .367 .378 .744 117 175 10 9
NYG (7 yrs) 840 2727 2395 242 722 103 34 14 335 38 4 231 136 .301 .376 .390 .766 122 935 55 46
BRO (2 yrs) 127 422 371 29 87 13 3 0 24 6 39 22 .235 .317 .286 .603 83 106 6 6
BSN (1 yr) 25 77 68 5 17 4 4 0 4 0 4 4 .250 .311 .426 .737 131 29 2 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1909 28 NYG NL 252 163 29 4.8 78 .274 .277 .254 .359 .322 .382 .328 .741 .650 128 .672 7.6 0.9 .723 .218 .105 1.5
1910 29 NYG NL 422 274 44 4.3 88 .298 .285 .263 .362 .337 .342 .348 .704 .686 106 .573 4.4 0.5 .667 .181 .058 1.7
1911 30 NYG NL 439 271 63 6.2 98 .361 .332 .272 .392 .350 .432 .374 .824 .724 127 .694 14.3 1.5 .820 .182 .100 1.8
1912 31 NYG NL 435 247 76 8.2 103 .368 .358 .285 .441 .356 .477 .388 .918 .744 147 .769 26.8 2.7 1.008 .267 .119 6.9
1913 32 NYG NL 428 264 58 5.9 92 .326 .312 .271 .387 .336 .410 .368 .797 .704 127 .684 14.7 1.6 .800 .214 .098 4.2
1914 33 NYG NL 428 277 47 4.6 82 .304 .286 .255 .357 .323 .354 .342 .711 .664 114 .616 7.6 0.8 .665 .168 .068 1.6
1915 34 NYG NL 323 227 26 3.1 76 .244 .232 .249 .311 .311 .311 .333 .622 .644 93 .470 -1.7 -0.2 .544 .170 .080 1.6
1916 35 BRO NL 274 183 24 3.6 80 .263 .247 .258 .336 .316 .314 .344 .650 .660 97 .532 0.7 0.1 .606 .184 .067 .0
1917 36 TOT NL 225 161 17 2.9 78 .238 .225 .256 .292 .314 .300 .338 .592 .652 82 .428 -4.2 -0.5 .535 .180 .075 .0
1917 36 BRO NL 148 107 9 2.3 81 .224 .212 .260 .283 .318 .235 .343 .518 .661 57 .331 -6.3 -0.7 .462 .152 .023 .0
1917 36 BSN NL 77 54 8 4.0 74 .266 .250 .250 .311 .306 .426 .330 .737 .636 131 .582 2.1 0.2 .686 .235 .176
9 Seasons 3226 2067 384 5.0 88 .305 .291 .264 .367 .332 .378 .355 .744 .687 117 .637 70.2 7.4 .719 .197 .086 21.2
162 Game Avg. 527 338 63 5.0 88 .305 .291 .264 .367 .332 .378 .355 .744 .687 117 .637 11 1 .719 .197 .086 3
NYG (7 yrs) 2727 1723 343 5.3 89 .315 .301 .265 .376 .335 .390 .357 .766 .692 122 .658 73.8 7.8 .748 .200 .089 20.5
BRO (2 yrs) 422 290 33 3.1 80 .249 .235 .258 .317 .317 .286 .344 .603 .660 83 .465 -5.6 -0.7 .553 .173 .051 .0
BSN (1 yr) 77 54 8 4.0 74 .266 .250 .250 .311 .306 .426 .330 .737 .636 131 .581 2.1 0.2 .686 .235 .176

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1911 30 NYG NL WS PHA L 6 21 20 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 .300 .286 .400 .686 8 0 0 0 1 0
1912 31 NYG NL WS BOS L 8 32 28 2 10 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 3 .357 .419 .429 .848 12 0 1 1 0 1
1913 32 NYG NL WS PHA L 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1916 35 BRO NL WS BOS L 3 11 10 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .273 .400 .673 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 18 68 62 4 18 2 2 0 5 1 2 3 6 .290 .328 .387 .715 24 0 1 1 1 1
4 WS 18 68 62 4 18 2 2 0 5 1 2 3 6 .290 .328 .387 .715 24 0 1 1 1 1

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1909 28 90 252 220 15 61 10 5 1 30 3 22 .277 .359 .382 .741 128 84 6 4
1910 29 217 674 585 40 165 28 5 2 92 8 62 18 .282 .361 .357 .718 114 209 10 17
1911 30 350 1113 976 88 295 46 14 3 153 15 87 51 .302 .373 .387 .760 119 378 23 27
1912 31 476 1548 1347 148 428 62 19 9 207 23 134 71 .318 .392 .412 .804 128 555 31 36
1913 32 596 1976 1725 185 546 80 24 12 254 30 171 93 .317 .391 .412 .803 127 710 40 40
1914 33 730 2404 2106 218 655 93 29 13 309 34 205 118 .311 .385 .401 .786 125 845 48 45
1915 34 840 2727 2395 242 722 103 34 14 335 38 4 231 136 .301 .376 .390 .766 122 935 55 46
1916 35 920 3001 2634 263 781 113 37 14 356 40 4 257 151 .297 .372 .383 .756 119 1010 61 49
1917 36 992 3226 2834 276 826 120 41 14 363 44 4 274 162 .291 .367 .378 .744 117 1070 63 55

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1909 28 94 270 237 19 71 12 6 1 37 3 26 0 .300 .385 .414 .799 36 90
1910 29 133 436 388 29 115 20 0 1 71 6 44 19 .296 .374 .356 .730 51 127
1911 30 138 441 403 48 132 18 9 1 61 7 25 34 .328 .385 .424 .810 63 133
1912 31 133 440 385 58 133 16 5 6 53 8 47 21 .345 .427 .460 .887 74 126
1913 32 125 449 399 41 127 19 5 3 52 8 40 23 .318 .394 .414 .808 64 120
1914 33 139 455 407 41 125 15 6 1 68 5 39 26 .307 .380 .381 .761 57 134
1915 34 114 351 312 33 81 12 6 1 35 5 31 19 .260 .342 .346 .688 35 110
1916 35 83 295 257 27 70 12 4 0 27 2 31 16 .272 .366 .350 .716 31 80
1917 36 75 237 215 17 54 8 5 0 9 5 20 11 .251 .321 .335 .656 23 72
9 Seasons 1034 3374 3003 313 908 132 46 14 413 49 303 169 .302 .379 .391 .770 434 992
162 Game Avg. 162 529 470 49 142 21 7 2 65 8 47 .302 .379 .391 .770 68 992

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (10, 17%)
1912 NL (3, 39%)
1913 NL (5, 31%)
0.87 Career Shares (278th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1911 NL  .332 (3rd)
1912 NL  .358 (2nd)
1913 NL  .312 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1911 NL  .392 (9th)
1912 NL  .441 (1st)
1913 NL  .387 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1912 NL  .477 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1911 NL  .824 (9th)
1912 NL  .918 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1912 NL  147 (2nd)
1913 NL  127 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1912 NL  27 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1912 NL  2.7 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1911 NL  .694 (7th)
1912 NL  .769 (2nd)
1913 NL  .684 (9th)
Career  .637 (246th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1911 NL  13 (5th)
1912 NL  8 (5th)
1913 NL  9 (2nd)
1914 NL  8 (8th)
Career  63 (236th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1910 NL  20.3 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1912 NL  61.8 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1915 NL  born 1880-07-29 (9th)
1916 NL  born 1880-07-29 (9th)
1917 NL  born 1880-07-29 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1161), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 25 (668), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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